Robert John Jackie McLeod was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, in 1930. His career in hockey began at the age of 15 with the Notre Dame Hounds of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. A right winger, McLeod played with the Hounds for two seasons before moving on to join the Moose Jaw Canucks, which won the provincial championships in 1949. A multi-sport athlete, McLeod spent his off-seasons playing lacrosse, football and baseball to stay in shape for hockey.

At the age of 18, McLeod became a professional. He joined the New York Rangers and stayed with them for five seasons, although except for 1950-51, he played more frequently for the Saskatoon Quakers than he did the Rangers. At the end of the fifth season, he moved over to the Western Hockey League to join the Quakers. During that time, he was a regular member of the WHL All-Star Team.

The New York Rangers traded McLeod to Vancouver with cash for Bill Ezinicki in 1955. He was claimed by the Rangers after a stint with the Vancouver Canucks, then of the WHL, in an Inter-League Draft in 1958, and then traded again to Victoria by Calgary (again in the WHL) for cash in 1960.

In 1961, he was a key member of the Trail (British Columbia) Smoke Eaters -- a team that played in one exhibition season in 1960-61 but won the World Championship, the last Canadians to do so for more than 35 years. With 10 goals and four assists, McLeod was the team's leading scorer and was named to the tournament All-Star Team.

The following year, McLeod again competed in the Worlds, this time as a member of the Moose Jaw (Saskatchewan) Canucks. He scored 11 goals and registered eight assists in that tournament, and in the next edition of the World Championship, playing with the Saskatoon Quakers, McLeod registered five goals and eight assists in only seven games.

A few years later, McLeod turned his skills to coaching. In 1965 he became general manager and coach of Canada's national team, the team introduced by Father David Bauer to train players during the full hockey season both on the ice and in the classroom. Under McLeod's guidance, the Canadian Olympic team won the bronze medal in the 1968 Winter Games.

In the early 1970s, McLeod was named coach and general manager of the Saskatoon Blades in the Western Hockey League, a position he held for a decade. More than just a behind-the-bench coach, McLeod was well known for giving much of his time to counseling young athletes and preparing them for life after hockey.

McLeod retired from the Western Hockey League in 1980 and was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame on June 6, 1984. In 1999 he was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation's Hall of Fame.

REGULAR SEASON

PLAYOFFS

Season

Club

League

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

+/-

GP

G

A

TP

PIM

1945-46

Notre Dame Bantam Hounds

SAHA

1

0

0

0

0

1946-47

Notre Dame Bantam Hounds

SAHA

24

8

9

17

10

1947-48

Moose Jaw Canucks

SJHL

13

5

12

17

4

5

11

5

16

4

1947-48

Moose Jaw Canucks

M-Cup

6

4

3

7

4

1948-49

Moose Jaw Canucks

WCJHL

26

19

20

39

25

7

4

2

6

10

1949-50

New York Rangers

NHL

38

6

9

15

2

7

0

0

0

0

1950-51

New York Rangers

NHL

41

5

10

15

2

1951-52

New York Rangers

NHL

13

2

3

5

2

1951-52

Cincinnati Mohawks

AHL

49

14

18

32

38

2

0

1

1

2

1952-53

New York Rangers

NHL

3

0

0

0

2

1952-53

Saskatoon Quakers

WHL

55

30

47

77

28

13

8

11

19

19

1953-54

Saskatoon Quakers

WHL

69

33

38

71

46

6

4

1

5

4

1954-55

New York Rangers

NHL

11

1

1

2

4

1954-55

Saskatoon<196>Vancouver

WHL

51

20

31

51

44

5

2

1

3

14

1955-56

Saskatoon Quakers

WHL

70

34

49

83

97

3

1

1

2

14

1956-57

Vancouver Canucks

WHL

41

30

19

49

30

1957-58

Vancouver Canucks

WHL

68

44

27

71

45

9

14

4

18

8

1958-59

Saskatoon Quakers

WHL

63

27

26

53

44

1959-60

Calgary Stampeders

WHL

62

28

28

56

50

1960-61

Moose Jaw Pla-Mors

SSHL

12

6

6

12

6

1960-61

Trail Smoke Eaters

Exhib.

1960-61

Canada

Nat-Tm

19

14

13

27

21

1960-61

Canada

WEC-A

7

10

4

14

6

1960-61

Moose Jaw Pla-Mors

Al-Cup

4

1

2

3

2

1961-62

Moose Jaw Pla-Mors

SSHL

29

27

25

52

36

1961-62

Canada

WEC-A

7

5

7

12

6

1962-63

Saskatoon Quakers

SSHL

31

37

51

88

22

1

0

0

0

2

1962-63

Canada

WEC-A

7

5

8

13

6

1963-64

Saskatoon Quakers

SSHL

40

52

52

104

22

11

7

8

15

6

1963-64

Saskatoon Quakers

Al-Cup

9

5

13

18

6

1964-65

Moose Jaw Canucks

SSHL

2

3

4

7

12

10

12

12

24

10

1965-66

Canada

Nat-Tm

1965-66

Canada

WEC-A

7

4

2

6

4

NHL Totals

106

14

23

37

12

7

0

0

0

0

WHL First All-Star Team (1954, 1956) WHL Coast Division Second All-Star Team (1957) WHL Coast Division First All-Star Team (1958) WEC-A First All-Star Team (1962)

Signed as a free agent by NY Rangers, December 9, 1949. Traded to Vancouver (WHL) by NY Rangers with cash for Bill Ezinicki, February 12, 1955. Claimed by NY Rangers (Providence-AHL) from NY Rangers (Vancouver-WHL) in Inter-League Draft, June 4, 1957. Signed as a free agent by Calgary (WHL), October, 1959. Traded to Victoria (WHL) by Calgary (WHL) for cash, September, 1960.